- Date
- April 24, 1979
- Place
- Fallbrook, CA · FALLBROOK, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N73872Bell 47G-2A
- Status
- Completed · report August 6, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790424015409A
- Case key
- 136268
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1191 79/4/24 FALLBROOK,CA BELL 47G-2A CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0745 N73872 PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY AGE 30, 2075 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 288 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP CARLSBAD,CA RETURN FALLBROOK,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INATTENTIVE TO FUEL SUPPLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 2075 KIND OF OPERATION - FERTILIZING (LIQUID) KIND OF CROP - FRUIT ORCHARDS TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - USED GOGGLES - USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - SIDES TERRAIN-TYPE -*ERROR-INVALID CODE* ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 1100
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73872
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-2A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N73872Registration cancelled Jul 8, 2013 · Bell 47GAirframe modelBell 47GEngine modelFranklin 6VS-335 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N73872 · 5
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